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they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you mentioned the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did, i'm wondering is at this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought of the attitude in berlin in 1933 with whom we did have relationships with hitler's germany, but she held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so one could say the same about linen's seizure of power. so was this really backcourt on our part or was there some fundamental legitimacy of the communist regime from the start and not just some ideological n.v.? >> the fact we were the last trading said so
they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you mentioned the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you...
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they had written on their north, canada and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of their convention taking over the whole continent and more than a continent. mexico, cuba. jefferson thought cuba would actually fall to us like -- i don't know what he thought was going to happen all of those spanish-speaking people then. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me, you had mentioned the delay of the american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did, i am wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit messy again because i always thought the attitude of the ambassador job in berlin in 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany but buddy how the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and one could really say the same about lennon's seizure of power. so was this really backward on our part or was this some fundamental illegitimacy of the communist regime from the start and not just some ideological and the? >> well,
they had written on their north, canada and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of their convention taking over the whole continent and more than a continent. mexico, cuba. jefferson thought cuba would actually fall to us like -- i don't know what he thought was going to happen all of those spanish-speaking people then. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me, you had mentioned the delay of the american recognition of the soviet union. but...
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for the immediate future they still had problems because they had britain on their north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of eventually taking over the whole continent. and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. [laughter] some of them -- jefferson thought cuba would naturally fall to us like ripe fruit. [laughter] i don't know what he thought was going to happen with all those spaniards, spanish-speaking people there. yes, sir. >> um, it never occurred to me you'd mention the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did i'm wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought the attitude of ambassador dodd in bear eleven in 1933 -- berlin in many 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany, but he held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so up with could really say the same about lenin's seizure of power. so was this really backward on our part, or was this some fundam
for the immediate future they still had problems because they had britain on their north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of eventually taking over the whole continent. and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. [laughter] some of them -- jefferson thought cuba would naturally fall to us like ripe fruit. [laughter] i don't know what he thought was going to happen with all those spaniards, spanish-speaking people there. yes,...
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as tocqueville said, it didn't happen in spain or russia where the czar basically recruited the entire nobility into his own military organization. it did happen in england for a very peculiar reasons. for parliament for a variety of reasons had a lot of solidarity. they hung together, they raised an army. they fought a civil war, defeated him, cut off his head. this was carl the 1st in the 1640s and then in 1688, they deposed another king james ii and brought in william to be their you know monoarch. because they didn't want to be taxed without parliamentary consent. it just happens in the one island nation, you get the powerful parliament that's able to force a institutional settlement on the english monoarch from there to the english is a short distance. john locke was a participant, he wrote the second treaty on government, that has to come out of consent, and then you get to the american revolution which is based on the principal, no taxation without representation. the distance from the english events and our own founding as a country based on democratic consent is not a long dis
as tocqueville said, it didn't happen in spain or russia where the czar basically recruited the entire nobility into his own military organization. it did happen in england for a very peculiar reasons. for parliament for a variety of reasons had a lot of solidarity. they hung together, they raised an army. they fought a civil war, defeated him, cut off his head. this was carl the 1st in the 1640s and then in 1688, they deposed another king james ii and brought in william to be their you know...
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at that point in time the mississippi river was controlled by spain. and now what is tennessee, they proclaim themselves a state without congress approval called franklin and they talked about proclaiming themselves the republic called franklin and opening negotiations with spain for navigation along the mississippi river. so congress had to get its act in gear pronto, and they also wanted to, to, the issue would be in terms of spain and things like that, who would control the river? the biggest provision -- i guess the first question i want to point out is when the congress began to tinker with the founding fathers vision? we hear a lot today about tinkering of the founding fathers vision. it began in 18 days after jefferson handed in his report. they started to tinker with it, but the biggest change came three years later when congress passed the northwest ordinance. that divided the area in light green, which is called the northwest territory. in his period of time they also started creating and laying out what became the future boundaries for kentu
at that point in time the mississippi river was controlled by spain. and now what is tennessee, they proclaim themselves a state without congress approval called franklin and they talked about proclaiming themselves the republic called franklin and opening negotiations with spain for navigation along the mississippi river. so congress had to get its act in gear pronto, and they also wanted to, to, the issue would be in terms of spain and things like that, who would control the river? the...
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he mentioned the ambassador trying to buy it from spain which turned out didn't work out. but there was a movement, a secret plan what they discussed in the newspapers to raise a private army and invade cuba and in sleaved those who were colored either black or mixed blood and offer cuba to the united states. this wasn't the plan of a kook, this was being organized by the governor of mississippi, and was less secret than the bay of pigs. when you are seeing our news clippings from before the effort was launched. the one on the tops as the general's contemplated descend on cuba. i love on the bottom right it says the movement further preparations for the invasion of cuba. it was widely discussed in the papers but a delegate because officially the government didn't know about it or shouldn't have to stop it. right before wittman launched his invasion, president franklin pierce told him don't do it because the acted just been passed and it was an uproar he feared the added uproar would bring to read this a taken together bad dream the number one, to come and recreated this ni
he mentioned the ambassador trying to buy it from spain which turned out didn't work out. but there was a movement, a secret plan what they discussed in the newspapers to raise a private army and invade cuba and in sleaved those who were colored either black or mixed blood and offer cuba to the united states. this wasn't the plan of a kook, this was being organized by the governor of mississippi, and was less secret than the bay of pigs. when you are seeing our news clippings from before the...
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spain does. greece does. china does, japan and england. they all have unique histories. but every -- so many countries -- the 19th century german nationalists, they talked about a germany that would merge. it would revive. it would lead all of humanity to a new epic. you know, there is always a stream that your country is unique and will uplift and lead humanity to a nice life. it's a nice sentiment. you talk about a whole another russia. jefferson had it about america. i think we should be more modest in our -- in our agendas. and we should really respect other countries and be not so quick to use force and violence to solve things. i think that force and violence is not a mistaken policy. i think it's a correct policy given the interests that george bush represents. he now has control of the second largest oil reserve in the world, 113 billion gallons of very good quality crude. and halliburton is taking it over. and fixing up the oil wells. and the iraqis are very irritated in saying you're supposed to be helping us and this and that. bush isn't there to help the iraq
spain does. greece does. china does, japan and england. they all have unique histories. but every -- so many countries -- the 19th century german nationalists, they talked about a germany that would merge. it would revive. it would lead all of humanity to a new epic. you know, there is always a stream that your country is unique and will uplift and lead humanity to a nice life. it's a nice sentiment. you talk about a whole another russia. jefferson had it about america. i think we should be...
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if you go to old europe, let's say france or italy or spain, every 20 miles people speak a different dialect. but not in america, and that's due to noah webster. the boston has confederate spellers. so three years after jefferson davis says this, he becomes the president of the confederacy and the south is them trying to kill the north. but the southerners still want to learn english the noah webster way. and they have confederate spellers so the confederates, they couldn't do without noah webster and they printed spellers, change for the present condition. so the speller was a book for grade school students and had sampled census. and one seconds was the president's term is four years, and that's the sentence that was in the new england version but in the southern version, i looked at one from macon, georgia, and as the president term was six years. so change for the present condition. again, we have this one language. we still have a lot of problems with american unity today in 2011 just like we had in 1861, but webster, this was a singular achievement. his reputation starts to dwi
if you go to old europe, let's say france or italy or spain, every 20 miles people speak a different dialect. but not in america, and that's due to noah webster. the boston has confederate spellers. so three years after jefferson davis says this, he becomes the president of the confederacy and the south is them trying to kill the north. but the southerners still want to learn english the noah webster way. and they have confederate spellers so the confederates, they couldn't do without noah...